Hezbollah Declares Solidarity with Al-Akhbar Daily

10/12/2010 Hezbollah announced on Friday its full solidarity with Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar after its website has been hit by a cyber attack since Thursday.

In a statement it released, the Resistance party said it condemns such acts which constitute an assault on freedom of expression and opinion and attempt to prevent the mentioned daily of publishing the facts and documents it possesses.

Hezbollah concluded its statement by urging the concerned official institutions to take the necessary measures to guarantee the safety and security of media panels in the country.

The website of Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar has been hit by a cyber attack on Thursday, days after beginning to publish cables from whistleblower WikiLeaks.

"We have been the victim of a cyber attack targeting the paper's internal information system for the past few days," a member of al-Akhbar's editorial team, Elie Chalhoub, said. Al-Akhbar's cooperation with WikiLeaks "may well be the principal reason for the attack," he said.